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20 Years On: Thief II

Rick returns to the best stealth game in existence.

April 2, 2020 | 15:00

Half-Life: Alyx Review

Half-Life is back! But how does the switch to VR stack up?

March 31, 2020 | 12:00

Mod of the Month February 2020 in Association with Corsair

We've picked some of the best projects recently completed in our project log forum.

March 25, 2020 | 14:00

Dirt Showdown review

Dirt goes all arcadey and turns the bombast up to 11

June 6, 2012 | 07:13

First Look: MSI P55-GD80

Packed with features, the P55-GD80 is MSI's premium P55 motherboard and it's built to take an overclocking pounding. We take a first look at these overclocking features, the board's layout and the new tech that MSI has incorporated.

August 18, 2009 | 10:37

First Look: Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5 motherboard

We've got our hands on an early, working sample of Gigabyte's upcoming P55-based GA-P55-UD5 motherboard. It's another LGA1156 hoping to win the hearts of early Lynnfield adopters, so we've had a look at the board to see what you can expect if you opt for a new Intel and Gigabyte system in the Autumn.

July 14, 2009 | 12:17

Nvidia posts $201.3 million loss

Nvidia posts a loss for the first quarter of fiscal 2010, but says that GPGPU computing and Tegra will help to see Nvidia through the future.

May 8, 2009 | 15:45

AMD releases first WHQL Windows 7 graphics driver

AMD's Windows 7 graphics driver is given WHQL certification on the first day of the Windows 7 logo program.

May 7, 2009 | 11:38

First Look: Zotac Nvidia Ion Mini-ITX

We've got one of the first ever mini-ITX Nvidia Ion motherboards direct from Zotac's Macau office. To our surprise, it's far more than just a dual core Atom N330 with Nvidia 9400M mGPU...

May 2, 2009 | 09:52

AMD launches world's first 40nm GPUs

AMD announces that its first 40nm GPUs will be the Mobility Radeon HD 4830 and 4860, and promises that 40nm desktop GPUs will be announced soon.

March 4, 2009 | 13:53

Seagate unveils first Barracuda 7200.12 hard drive

CES 2009: Seagate has released its two-platter Barracuda 7200.12 1TB hard drive, pushing platter densities to a massive 500GB.

January 6, 2009 | 01:52

First Look: Seasonic M12D 850W PSU

Seasonic breaks its own mould with the highest power unit it has ever launched. That's not what's special though - the ultra high quality fan and 80Plus Silver efficiency rating could very well raise the PSU bar again.

January 4, 2009 | 09:10

Khronos Group releases OpenCL 1.0 specification

The Khronos Group has released the first version of the OpenCL specification right on schedule - AMD, Intel and Nvidia are on board.

December 11, 2008 | 11:52

First Look: DFI LANParty UT X58 T3eH8

DFI fans hold onto your hats because we've got the latest LANParty UT complete with crazy cooling and DFI design to make your Core i7 buying decision, just that. much. harder.

November 18, 2008 | 11:11

First Look: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 2GB

The Radeon HD 4850 X2 has been strangely absent from AMD's line up ever since it was announced at the same time as the 4870 X2. Sapphire has come to market with a custom Radeon HD 4850 X2 and we take it for a quick test drive.

November 5, 2008 | 10:13

First Look: Asus Eee PC S101

Asus has released its latest addition to the hugely successful Eee PC line today and it marks a huge shift away from the traditional Eee PC design. We managed to grab some exclusive hands-on time with the all-new S101 to find out how it's shaping up.

October 7, 2008 | 17:44

First Look: Boxee - The Social Media Centre

In a world of media players and home theatre PCs, Boxee enters the fray with an underbelly of the massively popular XBMC to carve out a niche in its social media playing idea. We get to grips with the alpha, to see if it has the potential to be the media centre we're looking for.

September 14, 2008 | 08:04

Shattered Horizon Preview

We have an early look at Futuremark Games Studio's first game, Shattered Horizon, a multiplayer first-person shooter set on the moon 30 years from now. The game is a long way off, but there are some things that have already caught our eyes. Read on to find out more...

September 3, 2008 | 11:12

Early Look: Cooler Master Sniper

We take a sneak peek at Cooler Master's new Storm series with an early sample of its new Sniper Gaming Chassis that should launch later this year. Do you like it, dislike it, want to throw a party for it or tarred kittens at it? Read on and let us know your thoughts.

August 29, 2008 | 11:07

Early Look: MSI X58 Eclipse

Hot on the heels of Asus' announcement last week, MSI lets bit-tech in on a sneak peek of its new X58 to Eclipse all others. From the looks of things, it's a fresh start in the right direction!

August 26, 2008 | 11:27

Early Look: Gigabyte GA-P45-DS5

We have a UK exclusive early look at Gigabyte's next-generation P45-DS5 motherboard. It's DDR2 based and will be released in May when the chipset is officially launched. Let's find out what's changed from Gigabyte's current P35 range of motherboards.

April 14, 2008 | 13:50

First Look: ATI Radeon HD 3450, 3470 & 3650

This morning, AMD announced three new additions to its Radeon HD 3000 series: the HD 3450, HD 3470 and HD 3650. We have a look over what new features these cards bring to market, and also point out what isn't quite so new.

January 23, 2008 | 14:30

Free Portal to all Nvidia GeForce owners

Valve, traditionally a company partnered with ATI, has got it together with Nvidia to offer some free Portal love to all current Nvidia GeForce owners.

January 10, 2008 | 10:44

Intel demonstrates first working 32nm chip

IDF FALL 07: Otellini showed off the world's first working 32nm chip and says Intel is on track for volume production to start in 2009.

September 18, 2007 | 18:56

First Look: Gigabyte GA-X38T-DQ6

Intel's enthusiast-orientated X38 chipset arrives later this month - we have a first look at Gigabyte's top of the range DDR3-based GA-X38T-DQ6 motherboard to see how things are progressing.

September 11, 2007 | 06:20